Windows 10: Cannot chkdsk on hard drive.

I got a new hard drive and plugged it in correctly, but it locks me out.
when I try to do a chkdsk in command prompt it says:

"Access Denied as you do not have sufficient privileges or
the disk may be locked by another process.
You have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode
and make sure the disk is unlocked."

I have tried doing a chkdsk in admin mode aswell nothing has worked, any help will be greatly appreciated.

:)

 

Hard drive error

Hi,

This issue could be due to corrupted system file(s), faulty Hard disk drive or
no power to the drive. We would like to know some information to better isolate the issue:

• Have you done any changes on your computer prior to the issue?
• Have you tried disconnecting and reconnecting hard drive's SATA cable and power cable?
• Have you tried running CHKDSK command? CHKDSK command scans disk for errors.
  
• What type of disk drive are you using?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

We will wait for your response.

 

Copied file takes 2x hard drive space

Hi,

Thanks for the update on the issue.

I suggest you to run chkdsk on the disk to check the hard drive for errors. To do so, follow the steps below:

• Press Start button.
• Type cmd. Right click on the command prompt and select "Run as Administrator"
• Type the following command and hit enter.

chkdsk /f /r

Note: If you get a prompt o continue upon restart, press Y and hit enter.

Refer:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc730714.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

Disclaimer: While performing chkdsk on the hard drive if any bad sectors are found on the hard drive when chkdsk tries to repair that sector if any data available
on that might be lost

Hope this information was helpful.

 

External Hard Drive Problems

Hi Michael,

Thank you for the update.

I suggest you to run Check disk and check if it helps:

Check disk is a utility that can check your hard drive for corrupted segments and fix them. You can refer to these steps to run the Check disk utility:

• Press Windows key + X, select “Command promt (Admin)”.
• In the command prompt window, type “chkdsk/r” and press Enter.
• Press “Y” when it asks if you want to check disk to run when the computer boots the next time.
• Restart the computer for Check disk to detect and repair any corrupted sectors in your hard drive.

Important: While performing Error-checking or ChkDsk on the hard drive, if any bad sectors are found and when attempting to repair that sector, the data available on that sector might be
lost.

Hope the above information helps. Reply with necessary information and the result to help you further. Thank you.